Zambians poor by design – Chief Nalubamba

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SENIOR Chief Bright Nalubamba of the Ila people of Southern Province has said Zambians are poor by design.
The chief said this at a workshop on child protection organised by World Vision-Zambia in Mpika on Tuesday.
The chief called for self-reliance among citizens to avoid a situation where they always depend on Government hand-outs.
“Zambians are poor by design, not that we are a poor country. We can be thoroughly independent if we want to,” he said.
The chief also called for the strengthening of leadership structures beginning at family level.

He said a household that is well-organised cannot fail to contribute to development at village level and the nation as whole.
“How many of us sit down with our wives and have a family plan and discuss what your wife can do tomorrow?” he wondered.
“You don’t have time to plan, you have time to quarrel,” Chief Nalubamba said.
He also said promotion of investment in the country must start at village level.
“If a village is properly organised, it can be a very big industrial area. A village can be like a district council, you can run a bank or anything. It is a question of how you organise yourselves. Surely for us as chiefs or village headmen to go begging when there is an opportunity to do things for ourselves through an organised system of governance is totally unfair,” he said.
“Let us not wait for Government to do everything for us, let us do things for ourselves. We can succeed,” he said.

He urged chiefs across the country to form think-tanks or village councils in their chiefdoms to spearhead development.
The chief said such think-tanks should have district commissioners, local councillors and area MPs as ex-official members to ensure an interface between traditional leadership and central government.
Chief Nalubamba said think-tanks would soon be launched in his Mbeza chiefdom.
The traditional leader strongly criticised MPs who do not discuss development with their voters and traditional leaders.

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  3. while that may be true, some chieftancies like mwenda in chikankata is busy selling herself to the highest bidder. any one with cash can buy off this mwenda woman. no strategic thinking of the future. hand to mouth. chikankata road is still in a deplorable road and the chief is quite.

  7. So true – real independence starts with the individual. We all need to add value to our lives rather than expect others to do it for us.

  11. True África is poor by design we to start by uniting and putting polítics out off our front and put love

  12. Good advise to us who depend government, let’s build ourselves as counsel from the chief, if authorities we rely on doesn’t deliver

  13. A lot of people in and around his Chiefdom are self Reliant compared 2 other areas where they rush and suport any government, even wthout a plan..

  15. Chief Bright Nalubamba is not talking of what he has not done, he is the only chief probably the whole Zambia who have built a Chiefdom developmental parliament in Mbeza area. Very practical man indeed. ZAmbians are poor by design 100 per cent correct.

  16. if only every chief thought like that Zambia could have been the richest country today

  17. Sense chief Bright Nalubamba..this is wat all chiefs shod spearhead in thier chiefdoms dependancy seldrom shod dies at all costs for how long wod people continue begging handouts? Including food in some chiefdoms, thats shame to our people ….good thinking ee knowledge iii

  27. wise words papa; we hav 2 free ourselves frm mental slavery…IT WIL ONLY TAKE “US” 2 IMPROVE “US”.

  28. Chief Bright Nalubamba for president .Am not joking ,this is a revolutionary thinker we are looking for . Your father did not name you Bright for nothing .Continue preaching hard work Mwami .

  29. WORDS OF WISDOM AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM A BRIGHT TRADIOINAL CHIEF! I also believe that EVERY ABLE BODIED ZAMBIAN can FEED himself….

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